One such design is a high-temperature reactor with a pebble-bed module (HTR—PM). What is a Pebble-bed Module nuclear reactor?

The SMR-300 reactor is designed to provide up to 300 megawatts per module, enough to power about 300,000 homes.

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Here, authors demonstrate the practical feasibility of a multi-modular design in the HTR-PM nuclear plant, showing effective coordinated control of multiple reactor modules driving a common steam ...